"That box..." Holly said softly, as she gazed in the direction the three men with the black box took off to.

She then turned her attention to the man who had brought her partner back to her. Quickly she moved to Josiah, circling around him, poking him in the arms to see if he had been bruised. "Thanks." She said to the man who had brought Josiah out of the crate. His shard was nowhere near as wild as it had gone before, but it was still going, even if it was dying out by the second.

"It must be reacting to the box...and they're getting away!" She exclaimed. She then turned to the man with the sword and the others who still remained. Holly calmly but quickly made her way over to the buggy. "Sir, if you didn't mind..." she began with a humble tone and a slight bow of her head.

Her mind was racing. She had to admit to herself that the events that have taken place already had shaken her immensely. However, she knew she could not display her inner feelings. She didn't know what she was getting herself into. The only one there that she knew she could trust was Joshia, and normally wouldn't put such blind faith in others so easily, but Holly had no choice. Her task was of great importance to her.

He stopped in mid sentace as he saw Leon. He gulped, and spoke to Holly, without moving his gase from Leon.

"Um, Holly, what are we doing with," His hand trembled as he pointed at Leon, "him. We gotta get outa here."

Meanwhile, on the underground elevator, Eric carefully set Don down. He walked over to a panel in the wall and opened it, removing the first aid kit. He took out a small injection gun and pressed it on the unconsious leader's forearm. A quiet his could be heard as a chemical was injected. Don groaned and stirred.

"What happened Eric?"

"The meeting was a trap, we were ambushed."

There was a ding as the elevator reached it's destination. Eric picked up the still weak Don and walked through the door. The 8 foot tall man had to bend over to fit through the opening into a small control room, filled with computers. Don stood and aproached one of the computers. He pressed a button on the console.

"Falcon one, come in falcon one."

A voice crackled from the computer.

"Don, is that you?"

"Yeah, it's me Nalust."

"So I take it you got out okay?"

"Yeah. But with some complications."

"So the E'shyum attacked?"

"Yeah, prepare to launch the bombers."

"What about White? Has he evacuated yet?"

"No."

There was no response on the other end.

Back at the ring of tents, one of the E'shyum soldiers ran up to Desin and whisperd in his ear.

KatanaDark Wizard\"She said tonight...come on come on collide...see what I fire feels like..I bet its just like heaven.\"

"Don't worry about it." Holly said as she tugged on Josiah to get on the buggy with her. She turned back to the others and before she could ask if they would be alright and have away to get to where ever they needed to be, they were already off.

"Holly-" She was about to give her last name, but caught herself. "And this is a good friend of mine, Josiah." She replied, nudging her head in Josiah's direction.

"And thank you very much for the ride." She said, giving yet another slight bow of the head.

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This isn't about you and your loud mouth,This is about me and my fucking beard.

Edgar looked forlorned as he sat next to these two strangers, contemplating the events that had conspired in the last 20 minutes. His head was woozy, and he cursed himself for ever making the pact with E'shuyum. There had been too much unmerited chaos, far too much, and they had achieved nothing originally planned to achieve by their alliance. Edgar felt a longing want to return back to Europe, back to the head quarters of his faction. He wished to be with the heads of the nation and for the feeling of doing things for the betterment of the world to return.

"Leon, Isha...I believe in the chaos we may have overlooked an old friend."

He pulled up his scarf and cloak and closed his eyes, thinking intently...

The swordsman laughed as he slowly trailed the buggy, using his Holy Trinity shard to make a forcefield over his feet and enable him to hover over the ground. He kept a close eye on the jeep while keeping his chest lower to the ground.

"The replacement needs some experience, his moves are far too...rash and not calculated."

He realized that Marinae was not going to take this sitting down, and he felt as though they should be alerted. He shot forward, did a front flip in the air and landed squarely on the back of the buggy, grasping firmly.

"Why, hello friends. It appears for the moment we've the same path. Good to see you're in the well, Edgar. I must say, looking ravishing, Isha. And Leon...good to see ya! Anyway, I'll stick with you guys until we get to your base of operations. Then, I'm going with the girl and boy, whether or not they like it. H'okay?"

He smiled and made himself comfterable, causing Edgar to sigh loudly.

"Hello, Seifer. Odd circumstances to see you again."

KatanaDark Wizard\"She said tonight...come on come on collide...see what I fire feels like..I bet its just like heaven.\"

Seifer is his name...she thinks to herself as she twists her position around to see everyone on now on the buggy. "Holly." Was all she said, finally introducing herself to the swordsman. "And that over there would be Josiah." She said, making a reference in his direction.

Then, she paused for a moment. "Going with...us sir?" The question escaped Holly's lips before she could think twice. Her pale face twisted into an expression of uncertanity. "May I be so bold as to ask why?"

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This isn't about you and your loud mouth,This is about me and my fucking beard.

Any other time, upon hearing comments such as Seifer's, Holly would immediately jump to defend her pride. However, she was so taken aback by his accurate observation, she simply gawked at him silently.

After a few moments, Holly cleared her throat. "While I do thank you, dear sir, Josiah and I are in no need of protection. We may look it, but the pair of us can hold our own." She gave a bit of an awkward, crooked smile as she spoke. "However, if you wish to accompany us, you are most welcome...provided your intentions are the same as our's..."

“My job hear is done” Erick seas to himself.
He pulls the barrier in to himself so that it only surrounds his body. He was still going to get his full pay being that he was the only one who’s job went flawlessly. The throwing knife that imbedded in the barrier dropped to the ground. He picked this up and rolled out from under the bed with 3 quick slashes he cut the back of the tent out and jumped out. He loaded a clip in to his pistol and let the silencer drop to the desert ground. Silencers are cheep and easy to come buy any way.
He called over his radio. “this is sniper, the ball is in your court now. You know I don’t have the ammo to stay and fight so I’m getting the hell out of hear”, he dint Wight for a reply before he called out to the squad that was fallowing his orders. “When those troops droop ill need cover fire your under the order of your commander now good luck” his German acsent was notable as he spoke.
He ran out in to the desert and towards a truck that was hidden about a mile from there location and was specifically reserved for his escape.

Leon looked at this man named Seifer. He knew him from before. Once was Edgar's bodyguard, before he took up a solitary path. How I'd like to be him...

"I knew I recognized the energy signals on those shards of yours, you're the ones I spotted out in the desert before everything went bad...Good to see you as well Seifer, I see God has brought us on the same path, to meet again. I wonder if we were to do battle again now who would be the victor...I'm afraid I still bear the scars from our last battle..."

Thoughts of battles barrelled through Leon's mind. One in particular, his sword battle with Seifer, before Seifer went away...His chest still bore the jagged gash Seifer had left him. How could I have been so stupid to let him hit me like that? From that day on, Leon doubled his efforts with the sword, and trained almost non-stop for a full year. With a sword he was cool calm and collected, with a gun, he was rash and destructive. Appropriate moods for his weapons of choice. Damn, it's been so long since I've touched my sword...Leon shook his head, thoughts on the past brought back the pain, the pain still burned through his chest and left a sensation across wherever the warmth of blood has run across his body. He shut his eyes once more, today was unexpected and the unexpected gave him a headache...

KatanaDark Wizard\"She said tonight...come on come on collide...see what I fire feels like..I bet its just like heaven.\"

"Recognized...signals?" Holly inquired aloud. She shook her wrist ever so slightly. As Holy did so, her bracelet slid to the top of her wrist once again and she felt her shard land in the palm of her hand. Her fingers wraped around it, gripping it a bit as she rolled back her sleeve a few inches.

"I wasn't talking about your shielding shard sweetie, I was talking about the shard your friend there has. The one that tracks Phantom Shards."

Leon sighed, he always got into this kind of stuff with people. They never knew about his shard-eye, and he always revealed a little bit about it accidentally.

"I'm not going to hurt you so you can put that thing away..."

He hung his head once more. Dammit...He turned his head to the back of the buggy, where all the action was.

"Listen, I get...a "feeling" on what shards are, and I can "see" their aura's from far away...Just believe me, you don't want to get into it. What's up with Josiah there? He looks like he doesn't like me."

KatanaDark Wizard\"She said tonight...come on come on collide...see what I fire feels like..I bet its just like heaven.\"

Holly smiled. "He's just shy is all. Long story, but I really can't blame him for his lack of trust." She looked over at her friend and gave him a slight nod.

"However, his shard doesn't track any type of shard specifically. It simply tracks down shard energy, and reacts more to the shards with the most, or simply the shards that are most..." She paused for a moment, trying to come up with a better word, but failed to do so. "Odd." Was all she could say.

Josiah decided to speak up. He was very appreciative of Holly's explaination for his fear of...well, everything.

"We thought there was a phantom shard back there." He pointed over his shoulder back towards the meeting zone. "Obviously, we didn't get a chance to check it out, but I was detecting some very strange energy coming from that box."

He thought for a moment, but didn't say anything.

"What about White? Has he evacuated yet?"

"No."

Jeremy Nalust closed the connection with the underground base. He paused, and spoke into the small microphone in his ear.

"Bob, scramble the bombers."

"Yessir."

"Oh, and use the big bombs."

The weight of Don's words hit him hard. If he wanted the site bombed, even without the Suvoj leader's evacuation...

He closed his eyes and grasped the shard dangling around his neck, as his short black hair was tustled by the fleet of bombers flew above him. He opened his eyes. Edgar was out of range. Good.

Erick reached the truck jumped in and drove east as fast as he could. He was once a Marinae he knew that they where going to bomb the crap out of the camp. All he knew was that he had to get as far away as he could in a short time. He drove like a maniac threw the hot desert, he din't stop for anything, if an animal got in his way to bad he would feel remorseful later. He saw the boomers fly past. He was going 110 across a dry lake bed even though he was a good 15 miles away it still wasn’t commutable for him. He tried to go faster but couldn’t.

ooc: Anyone ever tell you all you post too much at night? I always get behind at such times...

ic: Desin thought quickly, these Marinae were agressive, and there was little chance that they would leave this place unharmed.

"Allright men, load up, now! We meet as location epsilon. No leaving until your buggy is full unless we know there is an immenint threat. These bombs won't be able to destroy more than ten yards around each. Go, go, go!"

All hte men quickly rushed into buggies. Alright, so that would be the last of them. Just in case, he shouted into the camp, "Anyone who needs a ride we'll be happy to give it to them. You have until the count of three to get over here!"

Desin smiled, he had come prepared. Two stealthed robotic probes(ooc: they're in development now, by 2013, they will exist in ar) had followed the helicopter.

He radioed his fighter squadron. "Squadron star, make sure that no fighters come anywhere near us, and squadron ninja, use your stealth bombers, and go after the helicopters. There's no way we're letting them get away!"

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This isn't about you and your loud mouth,This is about me and my fucking beard.

::A figure who was covered in a brown robe walked from behind the buggy, his cloak was saturated in beer and glass shards. The man looked at the travlers and gave them a cold stare, his erie eyes peered deeply into their souls it seemed::

???: Which of you was inconsiderate enough to throw this fine bottle away, and ruin my wonderful days sleep?

::The man inquired as the travlers looked at him. He stood only 5'7" tall, but all that could be seen within his figure was his erie eyes.::

KatanaDark Wizard\"She said tonight...come on come on collide...see what I fire feels like..I bet its just like heaven.\"

Holly responded to Seifer with a nod. "Well, like I said, you're more than welcome. We can work together then." She said, adding emphasis to the word 'together', trying to hint that they weren't as helpless as Seifer may have thought.

Her nose gave a little twitch as he pulled out the bottle. Beer, indeed, was very gross. As he tossed the bottle aside, Holly couldn't help but give a little smirk. "Beer is gross...there are plenty of better drinks out there..."

Her voice drifted off. She thought she had heard a small thud, when Seifer tossed his bottle. The buggy was a little ways away from it now, but off in the distance, Holly could see a figure. The dark brown stood out like a thorn in the desert.